on foreign policy. he will attack the president on what has happened in libya. they are considering a big economic speech. they're also considering a big deficit speech. there are some people who are deep in policy who say maybe mitt romney should have done this before these big policy speeches that ridiculous missing from the campaign. but you soo a campaign that is trying to shift on this issue and feels engilessed by it. as for obama's team i think it was in some ways a wake-up call, and a wake-up call for the president. i thought david axelrod today was incredibly frank saying the president has watched the tape. the president is his own toughest critic and there will be significant changes on substance and style in their next debate. >> schieffer: the next debate, of course, is the vice presidential debate, michael. what are you hearing about that? >> well, it's going to be an interesting match-up. you know, i think it's a preview of the presidential debate. because joe biden now, because of the way that barack obama failed by being too passive, biden is goi